Google releases Its ‘Podcast’ app for android

June 20, 2018 •

Podcasts have become an essential part of life,we use they in our every day routine ,like listening to news stories at the gym, or gripping mysteries while preparing the dinner, Google Podcasts app is now released for Android, available globally in the Play Store, Integrated with the Google Assistant across your devices and packed with personalized recommendations, Google Podcasts is designed to make it easier than ever for Android users to discover and listen to podcasts.

With Google Podcasts, you can listen and subscribe to any podcast, including popular shows like The Daily, Cyrus Says, Modern Love, Lage der Nation, The Bill Simmons Podcast, and literally millions more, Beyond the podcasts you already know, Google Podcasts uses AI to offer recommendations based on your listening habits—such as your interest in sports or true crime, or podcasts from a particular network,Google Podcasts seamlessly syncs across a variety of Google products, including the Google Assistant, So if you’re listening to a podcast on your phone during your commute home, you can resume it on your Google Home when you arrive, Over time, Google will integrate Podcasts into more places you use Google.

Podcasting holds unbounded promise as a storytelling medium, but its future depends on a rich array of stories, voices and creators. While there are more podcasts than ever before, there continues to be an imbalance in who is creating them, Looking at top charts, only about a quarter of the most popular podcasts tend to be hosted by women, and even fewer by people of color.That’s why Google is also also partnering with the podcast industry on a program to increase the diversity of voices and remove barriers to podcasting, The program will be guided by an advisory board from around the world, with the primary goal of enabling skills development and experimentation from underrepresented voices, as well as cultivating ideas and processes that can scale throughout the industry.